REAL ESTATE BOSS WARNS OF IMMEDIATE LANDLORD RENTAL PRICE HIKES IF CHANGES TO NEGATIVE GEARING COME INTO EFFECT
Announcement posted by Markson Sparks! 11 May 2026
# OWNER OF AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST AFFORDABLE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FIRMS OFFERING ENTRY LEVEL RENTALS FROM $400 PER WEEK, BLINK PROPERTY'S NATHAN BIRCH HAS HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH LANDLORDS
# HE SAYS THAT THOUSANDS OF BLINK PROPERTY'S LANDLORDS HAVE REVEALED THEY WILL BE FORCED TO RAISE RENTS BY UP TO 30% PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE BUDGET
# RECORD MIGRATION - 57,000 IN JANUARY 2026 -WILL COMPUND RISING RENTS DUE TO INCREASED COMPETITION FOR RENTALS AND LESS INVESTORS IN THE MARKET
Real estate boss Nathan Birch and owner of Australia's largest affordable property management firm, Blink Property, has around 7,000 rental homes under management - 90% of which are entry level rentals in the poorest areas across the country with rents averaging around $400 per week. He says he has had thousands of conversations over the past month with landlords who have informed him they will increase rent on their investment properties by 30% should negative gearing be repealed.
"For Aussie battlers doing it tough, that means a $400 rental will become $550 almost immediately post the Budget announcement tomorrow if changes to negative gearing come into effect," Birch said.
"This will be catastrophic for so many Australians, and the Government really needs to consider the wave of homelessness that could follow, particularly for our most vulnerable, including those on the pension or disability support who have no options at all to raise their income."
He adds, 'Another aspect many don't realise when villainising landlords, is that often those with one or two investment properties - Mum and Dad investors - are often renters themselves. When policy changes like this come into play, their own rents go up, leaving them choice but to raise the rent on their investments.
"It's a very dangerous knock-on effect that I'm not sure the Labour Government has considered adequately - particularly when so many renters and investors are Labour voters."
He adds that another investor category that will be strongly impacted are 'rentvestors' - those that have bought where they can afford to buy an investment, and personally, rent where they can afford to rent. Their rent will go up, and they will have less income, plus with negative gearing reduced, they'll be hit hard financially, from both directions.
Birch is also the owner and founder of B.Invested, with a personal portfolio of more than 350 properties, the vast majority of which were purchased at the lower end of the market, meaning most are cashflow positive and he is proudly able to offer affordable rentals to Australians.
According to Birch, any changes to negative gearing will be further compounded by Australia's migration numbers which rose to a record high of 57,000 in January this year.
TO INTERVIEW BLINK PROPERTY AND B.INVESTED FOUNDER NATHAN BIRCH, email marta@marksonsparks.com or call Marta Wiacek on 0409 291 785 or email max@marksonsparks.com or call Max Markson on 0412 501 601.
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